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      :name => %{Vail Launches Versay Solutions in Commitment to Speech},
      :headline => %{Proven SIP Platform Exceeds 200 Million Calls for 2002},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leader in telephony application services and hosting, today announced a successful first two quarters for its subsidiary, Versay Solutions. Vail launched Versay in March 2002 to capitalize on a qualitative shift in the way enterprises communicate with their customers.

This shift is being driven primarily by a convergence of mature speech recognition technology and the wide-spread acceptance of VoiceXML as an open-standard programming language. Companies are increasingly replacing aging proprietary IVR systems with more compelling natural language speech solutions. To support the full development lifecycle of these speech solutions, Vail created Versay as a consulting and solutions company.

Since opening its doors seven months ago, Versay has cultivated relationships with a growing partner community and engaged its first client relationships. In its short existence, Versay has already performed a usability study and assisted in the voice user interface design for a large mortgage company's speech application, developed a voice biometric password reset system for a large industrial company, and implemented a speech cross-selling system for an international marketing company.

"Speech technology is far from reaching its full potential for impacting mainstream business. This is primarily attributed to the fact that there are few solution providers who truly understand how to exploit the full capabilities of speech, "explained Phil Gray, President of Versay. "I think that our initial success in the market demonstrates that people are looking for an alternative, and that Versay is quickly moving to the forefront as a speech consultant and solution provider."

A distinguishing factor about Versay is its ability to provide flexible deployment options to their clients. In addition to providing premise-based solutions, Versay also gives companies the option to host their applications on Vail's SIP-based IP telephony platform.

Vail's platform processes calls for a wide range of applications such as outbound notification services, VoiceXML-hosted applications, conferencing, and enterprise call routing. Combining best-in-breed speech resources, multiple programming layers, and access to multiple telecom carriers, Vail's platform is highly configurable without sacrificing stability or scalability. Recently, it surpassed over 200 million calls for the year 2002, with daily call volume exceeding over 3 million calls.

"This milestone underscores Vail's commitment to meet the market's growing demand for solutions that are more scalable, reliable, and flexible than ever before," said Jim Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "With SIP and speech tools like VoiceXML, our clients are taking advantage of tremendous new opportunities while also speeding development dramatically."

By delivering a proven, total platform solution and the expertise to build compelling speech applications, Vail and Versay together offer companies a comprehensive solution for all of their voice needs.},
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      :created_at => Time.mktime(2002, 10, 24)
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      :name => %{Vail Systems to Offer Applications and Voice Hosting Solutions based on Microsoft’s Speech Server},
      :headline => %{Joins Microsoft’s Speech Partner Program},
      :body => %{Vail Systems today officially announced its membership in Microsoft’s Speech Partner Program (SPP) and outlined plans to offer applications and voice hosting solutions based on Microsoft’s Speech Server. The company will initially roll out a SALT (Speech Application Language Tags) version of its popular Address Capture product, with other applications to follow. Plans for tiered hosting packages using Microsoft’s Speech Server were also announced to meet demand for outsourced speech solutions.

With these new offerings, Vail will enable rapid application prototyping and deployment on its proven, carrier-grade network for companies working with Microsoft speech technologies. Enterprises, service providers, system integrators, and value-added resellers will be able to add speech-driven wireless and wireline telephone access to web applications and successfully integrate voice and data services, including call center customer service, workforce communications, and supplier systems integration.

“Vail looks forward to working together with Microsoft to deliver compelling speech applications and to meet new opportunities in the growing speech application services market,” said James Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. “Adding a Microsoft Speech Server solution to the Vail Voice Platform offers even greater flexibility for our customers.”

Companies choosing to build their own architecture based on the Microsoft Speech Server will have the option to license complete packaged applications or core application modules from Vail that can be easily incorporated into existing solutions. In addition, following the model of today’s web services technologies, companies can choose to host all or part of a given application on Vail’s Voice Platform. This approach is designed to provide the greatest flexibility possible as enterprises increase adoption of speech technologies and integrate them with legacy systems. For example, with Vail’s Address Capture product, callers dialing an enterprise main number can be transferred to a sub-module that automates an address change request or the application can be designed to answer address-related calls directly.

"These companies share our vision for making speech a mainstream and pervasive technology, and we are very proud to welcome them into the Microsoft Speech Partner Program," said James Mastan, director of marketing for the Speech Technologies group at Microsoft Corp. "It is because of companies such as Vail Systems that we are able to extend the delivery of the Microsoft Speech Server, enabling enterprises to deploy sophisticated speech-enabled solutions and applications that deliver significant business value."},
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      :created_at => Time.mktime(2003, 7, 9)
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      :name => %{Versay Solutions Announces Versay Survey 1.0; Speech Application Delivers Rich Customer Feedback to Dominion Energy},
      :headline => %{},
      :body => %{Versay Solutions, a provider of speech solutions and services that deliver a compelling caller experience, today announced the product release and successful deployment of Versay Survey 1.0 for Virginia-based Dominion Energy, a public utility that services gas and electric customers in 5 eastern states, and processes more than 6 million calls each year.  	 	

"We knew that speech has proven successful for many businesses, but we were still unsure of how our customers would feel about using it as a means of self-service," Pam Kemper, Director of Customer Service at Dominion explained. "With Versay's Survey application, we were able to quickly and cost-effectively gather relevant data, directly from our customers, about the impact that speech could have at Dominion."

* Survey Process and Results

  Versay Survey collected 330 complete surveys throughout the 6 week project duration. At the end of a customer service call, Dominion agents asked randomly selected callers if they would like to participate in the survey. Callers that expressed interest were transferred to Versay Survey, hosted by Versay partner Vail Systems. First, callers were guided through an interactive demonstration of a real speech application. Then, Versay Survey asked callers questions about their experience. With over 84% of callers rating the experience as "excellent" or "good", the findings helped Dominion validate the business case for speech.

* Survey Features and Availability
  
  Versay Survey 1.0 leverages speech recognition technology powered by Nuance Communications to provide an automated, engaging, and cost-efficient way for companies to connect with their customers, prospects, and employees over the phone. It can be quickly configured and launched for a wide range of surveys, such as customer or employee satisfaction, applicant screening, new product testing, and quality assurance.

"Speech is a powerful alternative to other survey methods because it truly engages the caller, providing a new avenue for companies to gather immediate, accurate, and meaningful marketing and customer service feedback," said Phil Gray, President of Versay. "Instead of placing an outbound call or asking the customer to log into a Web site, companies can now get the information they need in a way that is convenient for both the company and the customer."

A wide range of qualitative and quantitative question types are supported, from "yes / no" to a satisfaction scale to open-ended responses. Other features include caller identification, customer segmentation, adaptive questioning, and web-based reporting. Versay offers two deployment and payment models that provide great flexibility. Companies can choose to have the survey hosted by Vail Systems and simply pay a per survey fee, or deployed on premise using the Nuance Voice Platform.},
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      :created_at => Time.mktime(2003, 8, 26)
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      :name => %{Vail Systems Announces Vail Name and Address Change 1.0 for Microsoft Speech Server 2004},
      :headline => %{Packaged Applications Deliver "Out of the Box" Contact Center Automation in Premise-based and Hosted Deployments},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leader in speech application development and voice hosting, announced today the immediate availability of Vail Name and Address Change 1.0, the first of several planned packaged solutions developed for Microsoft Speech Server 2004, part of the Windows Server System family of products. Vail Name and Address Change recognizes spoken addresses from all U.S. zip codes and over 90,000 first and last names, allowing enterprises to offer their customers a cost-effective and convenient way to update important account information related to changing addresses.

As with all of Vail's packaged solutions, Vail Name and Address Change delivers the advantages of self-service speech at a significantly lower cost, faster time to market and with more robust capabilities than typical customized applications. Call flows and conversational dialogs are tuned and optimized to automate customer name and address change requests for many business types including catalog retailers, subscription-based services, e-commerce, and financial services. Designed to work out of the box without sacrificing control, Vail Name and Address Change includes all necessary grammars, recorded prompts, and speech controls while core functions can be easily configured by non-technical users. For example, options for account number lookups and third-party address queries can be modified and corresponding call flows adjust automatically.

"Address change is one of today's most routine contact center requests, yet has been too complex to automate with traditional touch-tone IVR systems," said James Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "Vail Name and Address Change enables enterprises to reduce costs while also providing a convenient way for customers to change account information using simple spoken commands."

Designed with Microsoft Speech development tools and Visual Studio 2003, Vail Name and Address Change is built using fundamental speech controls that benefit from Vail's 10 years of application development and VUI design expertise. In addition, all enterprise data and third-party database interactions are handled using web services and open standards protocols. This modular design gives enterprises greater freedom in deployment and system integration options.

"Vail's packaged solutions exemplify how Speech Server lowers the cost and complexity of speech solutions, making speech technology more accessible to a greater number of enterprises and service providers," said Xuedong Huang, general manager for the Microsoft Speech Server Product Group at Microsoft. "Speech has evolved from a niche technology to one that is real and ready for mainstream enterprise adoption."

Vail Name and Address Change is available for both premise-based and hosted deployments. Pricing is based on a per application or per minute model. The application can be downloaded from Vail Systems' secure client extranet or hosted on Vail's proven, carrier-grade platform. Both options require minimum setup and configuration. Vail also offers standard support plans covering software updates, third-party database subscriptions and 24/7 technical support. For hosted deployments, Vail provides highly-scalable configurations, 24/7 application and platform monitoring, and real-time reporting.

To learn more about Vail Name and Address Change 1.0 and to hear a live demo, please join us for a presentation during the Avios-SpeechTEK, VSLive!, and Microsoft Mobile DevCon conferences to be held in San Francisco, CA, March 23-27, 2004.

Presentation: 	Mainstreaming Speech: Packaged Application Development on Microsoft Speech Server
Presenters: 	Joe Carey, Director of Marketing, Vail Systems
B. Chandra Mouli, Director, Software Engineering, Vail Systems
Time: 	March 25th, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM PST
Location: 	Microsoft Speech Server Product Group Theater A, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA},
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      :name => %{Versay Solutions Announces Comprehensive Service and Deployment Offerings for Nuance Voice Platform 3.0},
      :headline => %{Providing Customers Unprecedented Flexibility and Control},
      :body => %{Versay Solutions, a provider of speech solutions and services that deliver a compelling caller experience, today announced a comprehensive suite of service offerings for the Nuance Voice Platform™ 3.0, Nuance's (NASDAQ: NUAN) open, standards based VoiceXML platform that is optimized for the deployment and operation of voice automation solutions. Versay's service offerings, designed to help companies maximize their investment in the Nuance Voice Platform and provide the greatest flexibility and control, include:  	 	

* Platform Hosting
  
  Reliable, fully redundant outsourcing services for companies who want to outsource the operations, telephony, monitoring, and/or management of the Nuance Voice Platform.
  
* Platform Support

  Complete support offerings for companies who want to run the Nuance Voice Platform at their facilities, including: technical support, remote platform monitoring, and disaster recovery.

* Application Support

  Expert support for certified VoiceXML 2.0 applications running on the Nuance Voice Platform.

The outsourcing model has proven to be highly effective in helping companies focus on their business and their customers, rather than on the operation and maintenance of a telephony platform. Unlike proprietary "black-box" solutions, standards-based speech platforms, such as the Nuance Voice Platform, complement the outsourcing model by enabling companies to choose which components and functions they wish to outsource and which to manage internally. For example, a company might choose to outsource the telephony and operations management of the Nuance platform, while leveraging internal resources for application development.

"Our customers' needs change over time. While time-to-market might be an important consideration today, long-term cost of ownership may become more critical in the future," explained Phil Gray, President of Versay. "Versay is fundamentally changing the traditional hosting model by allowing our customers to move seamlessly between a fully hosted and a premise based solution. With a wide range of hosting and support services, we are offering our customers greater flexibility in how they operate and maintain their speech applications."

"Nuance is dedicated to providing speech solutions that deliver maximum business benefits, including cost savings, quick access to information, and increased customer satisfaction," said Charles Berger president and CEO, Nuance. "We are pleased that Versay shares this commitment and is offering customers a flexible deployment option that maximizes their investment in the Nuance Voice Platform and meets their business objectives."

Versay enjoys a strong partnership with Nuance and is the Master Distributor for the Nuance Voice Platform in North America. Versay is working with Nuance to establish a network of system integrators and partners who build value added solutions that can be deployed on the Nuance Voice Platform. In addition to hosting and support services for the Nuance platform, Versay will provide hosting of Nuance's packaged speech applications, including Nuance Call Steering™ and Nuance Caller Authentication™. Versay will also host its own standards-based VoiceXML applications, as well as those developed by partners.

Versay is a Silver Sponsor of the seventh annual V-World conference in Orlando, Florida, May 17-20, 2004. For more information on the solution offerings, visit Versay in booth 309.

About Versay

Versay provides speech solutions and services that deliver a compelling caller experience and a tremendous return on investment. By leveraging industry standards and offering hosted, premise-based, or blended deployment options, Versay provides customers the greatest flexibility, control, and investment protection possible. With a wide range of consulting services and pre-built application components, Versay is committed to helping enterprises deploy self-service solutions that fully exploit the power of speech. For more information, call 888-869-0121 or visit www.versay.com.

About V-World

Hosted by Nuance and sponsored by Aculab, Apptera, BeVocal, Brooktrout Technology, Edify, Empirix, HTI Voice Solutions, Intel, Intervoice, Lucent Technologies, NMS Communications, Nortel Networks, Sun Microsystems, Syntellect, TekVision Communications and Versay Solutions, V-World is the pre-eminent event dedicated to voice automation. The annual V-World conference is designed for anyone interested in voice-enabling enterprise, telecommunications, and Internet applications. It offers targeted sessions for business executives and managers, expert and novice speech application developers, and integrators of speech solutions. Each session features customer presentations, panel discussions and informative case studies related to the development and deployment of speech recognition and voice authentication applications. Executives, managers, developers, marketers and salespeople representing call centers, service providers, e-businesses, interactive voice response (IVR) platform providers, OEMs, VARs, and system integrators are all encouraged to attend. Further information can be found at http://www.nuance.com/v-world.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Nuance, including, for example, those relating to the business and customer benefits attainable by using Nuance speech products, alone or in combination with the products of others. There is no assurance that the results contemplated by any forward-looking statements will be realized. The following factors, risks and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements: the risk that any of these products will not achieve anticipated customer cost savings, access to information or satisfaction levels, or other benefits in some or all circumstances; and other factors described in Nuance's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to Nuance's last-filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Nuance does not undertake to update any oral or written forward-looking statements that may be made by or on behalf of Nuance.

Nuance, Nuance Call Steering and Nuance Caller Authentication are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.},
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      :created_at => Time.mktime(2004, 5, 13)
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      :name => %{Vail Systems and Versay Solutions Launch On Demand IVR Business Solutions Optimized for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007},
      :headline => %{Offering delivers enterprise-grade hosted voice platform and award-winning network speech applications that complement Microsoft's unified communications strategy},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a provider of enhanced telephony and voice hosting solutions, and wholly-owned professional services subsidiary, Versay Solutions, announced today the immediate availability of a suite of services optimized for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, a cornerstone of Microsoft's unified communications strategy. Having attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program, Vail and Versay provide enterprises a wide range of IVR options—from speech application VUI design and development services tailored for both On Demand and premise-based deployments to advanced call control solutions designed to meet the demands and promise of next generation VoIP networks.

"Microsoft's software plus services strategy for unified communications is based on scalable and secure solutions for both on premise as well as hosted solutions, said Yancey Smith, group marketing manager, Unified Communications Group, at Microsoft Corp. "Vail Systems gives Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server customers the choice of hosting their solutions as a service."

As a Technical Adoption Program partner, Vail has worked with Microsoft on the development of Office Communications Server 2007 over the past two years. Office Communications Server 2007 signifies a major update to Microsoft's speech IVR offering including improved API choices (e.g., VoiceXML), native VoIP (SIP) support, and language expansion. Vail and Versay applaud Microsoft's product evolution and look forward to continuing the companies' strategic relationship to deliver high-value, cost-effective speech solutions to customers.

"With its native VoIP interface, Office Communications Server 2007 is a natural progression of the success of Microsoft Speech Server 2004 and the Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM). The latest release is a perfect complement to the Vail Platform," said James Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "The modular architecture and rich feature set of Office Communications Server 2007 enables us to deliver the flexibility and reliability that our customers demand."

Recent customer deployments include:

* Xbox
  
  Vail's large-scale fault-tolerant Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP hosting platform handles routine customer inquiries for the Xbox product line at Microsoft.

* Mr. Robinson's Driving School (drivingschool.msn.com)

  On the MSN-powered site, viewers check Mr. Robinson's voice mail or have Mr. Robinson call a friend with a message asking them to sign up for driving school. The Versay-designed IVR application combines Office Communications Server 2007 technology with Vail's On Demand Recording Services.

* Vail Address Capture
  
  The popular Vail Address Capture .NET Speech Control module, which allows companies to add pre-tuned U.S.-based addresses to existing speech applications, has been optimized for Office Communications Server 2007.

"Versay is impressed by the many enhancements and attractive price point that Office Communications Server 2007 brings to the market," said Joseph Carey, President of Versay Solutions. "Microsoft's unified communications strategy is responsive to the changing landscape of enterprise customer care, enabling us to build applications that anticipate and accelerate today's shift to seamless device-independent communications."},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems Announces General Availability of Vail SIP TIM 1.1 for Microsoft Speech Server 2004 R2},
      :headline => %{Latest release extends support for advanced call control and interoperability with SIP networks and devices including Microsoft Live Communication Server},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leading provider of enhanced telephony and voice hosting solutions, announced today the general availability of the new Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM) 1.1 certified for Microsoft Speech Server 2004 R2 and Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions. The Vail SIP TIM provides a cost-effective means to easily integrate and manage standards-based speech IVR solutions with VoIP networks, gateways and other devices. To date, over 300 companies and organizations throughout America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East have downloaded and licensed the Vail SIP TIM.

Furthering Vail's partnership with Microsoft, this update to the Vail SIP TIM delivers several new features including support for TCP/IP and UDP, advanced media and call control using SIP REFER, interoperability with Microsoft RTC-based SIP products including Live Communications Server and Office Communicator, and hybrid TDM/SIP deployment options using gateways from leading manufacturers such as AudioCodes, Intel and Cisco.

Pricing and Availability

* The Vail SIP TIM is available in multiple configurations. Product support information is located at http://www.vailsys.com/mss. For a limited time only, The Vail SIP TIM is available at a 15% discount. To take advantage of this offer, contact Michael Coyne, Versay Solutions, 888-869-0121 or mcoyne@versay.com.

* The Vail SIP TIM is also available as a bundled solution. AudioCodes SIP gateway bundles are provided by Alliance Systems (http://www.alliancesystems.com), and SIP-enabled Intel gateway bundles are available through CYGCOM (http://www.cygcom.com).},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems, Paraxip Technologies and CYGCOM Partner to Enable Converged Communication for Microsoft Speech Server},
      :headline => %{Turnkey Product Bundles and In-Field Upgrade Program Ease the Transition to VoIP and Helps Future Proof Investments in Speech},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leading provider of SIP based IP telephony platform technology, together with Paraxip Technologies, a leading provider of software solutions enabling the transparent transition from traditional to IP telephony, and CYGCOM Integrated Technologies, a value added channel distributor of speech integration products and services for converged voice and data solutions, announced today the availability of a full suite of comprehensive telephony connectivity bundles, based on Intel® NetStructureTM communications building blocks, for Microsoft Speech Server 2004. The turnkey product bundles provide application developers worldwide with the ability to write sophisticated speech applications for the converged network. The bundles range from 4-port analog connectivity to 4 T1/E1 digital connectivity to the PSTN and all include an embedded SIP media gateway, preventing the need for a costly, external media gateway appliance.

The turnkey bundles are composed of:

* Microsoft Speech Server 2004

* Vail Systems SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM)

* Paraxip Gateway software

* Intel® NetStructureTM communications building blocks

* UNYCOM Servers (Intel® Telephony Certified)

* CYGCOM eSupport

"Today's speech solutions increasingly require VoIP support, while still enabling connectivity to legacy switches, PBXs and ACDs," said Joe Carey, Vice President of Marketing at Vail Systems. "We are excited to join Paraxip and CYGCOM in providing Microsoft Speech Server customers a comprehensive solution that addresses both traditional telephony requirements using industry-leading Intel® NetStructureTM communications building blocks and the Vail SIP TIM for VoIP connectivity."

"Even for customers who have no immediate requirement for VoIP, packaging a SIP media gateway with Microsoft Speech Server is a perfect way to future-proof a speech application" said Serge Forest, president and CEO at Paraxip. "Using the Paraxip Gateway software with Intel® NetStructureTM communications building blocks, customers receive the full benefits and flexibility of the leading computer telephony products including the widest coverage of telephony protocols and call control capabilities, through standard SIP/RTP interfaces. This is truly the best of both worlds."

"This program is in perfect alignment with our core objective, that is to improve our customers' time-to-market by bundling innovative solution components into a fully configured and supported turkey voice platform" said Jeff Valliant, president and CEO at CYGCOM. "We believe that the market is ready for converged communication speech applications and that Microsoft, Intel, Vail Systems and Paraxip are the right providers to enable this transition."

The companies further announced a program to enable the upgrade of customers who have existing Intel® NetStructureTM boards to a converged communication architecture using the Paraxip Gateway software and the Vail SIP TIM. This "in-field" upgrade program is unique in the industry. CYGCOM also announced the availability of a 4-port Starter Kit, which includes an Intel® Dialogic® D4PCIU4S board, designed to help customers move quickly, and at low cost, toward this architecture.

"This program demonstrates once again the commitment from Intel and the communications ecosystem to enable innovative, converged communication solutions," said Tim Moynihan, director of marketing, Modular Communications Platform Division, Intel Corporation.. "This bundle offers industry-leading telecom boards from Intel for an embedded SIP gateway in the Microsoft platform and an upgrade path for customers deploying traditional TDM solutions who will embrace converged architectures in the future."

"We are pleased to see that Microsoft Speech Server customers can now leverage our highly extensible platform for building VoIP based speech solutions using this integrated offering" said Piyush Dogra, Director of Business Development and Strategic Alliances at Microsoft. "This turnkey product bundle will enable customers to rapidly develop new and exciting VoIP based speech applications while providing seamless integration into their existing traditional telephony infrastructure"

The product bundles are available for purchase at CYGCOM now. For additional details, please contact sales@cygcom.com, call 1-800-407-7928 ext 401 or visit our website at www.cygcom.com.

About Paraxip Technologies

Paraxip Technologies offers software products enabling a seamless transition from traditional telephony to IP telephony. Paraxip's products are designed from the ground up to offer Voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications with un-paralleled transparency to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), enabling seamless operations even in hybrid environments, where traditional and IP telephony equipment and applications are mixed.

Working with world-class industry partners, Paraxip brings to market innovative connectivity solutions in a flexible, building block approach. Paraxip's products are optimized for speech, Interactive Voice Response and contact center applications. For more information about Paraxip and its products, please visit www.paraxip.com.

About CYGCOM Integrated Technologies

Founded in 1994, CYGCOM is an Authorized Value Added Distributor of Intel products, a leading Microsoft Speech Distribution Partner and a Microsoft Platinum OEM Partner. CYGCOM distributes speech and telephony products from the industry's most reputable software and hardware manufacturers. CYGCOM offers voice server platforms that are complete, scalable, and capable of running mission-critical enterprise voice communications applications. Through it's US and Canadian facilities CYGCOM provides products, technical assistance, pre and post on-site services for channel customers. CYGCOM sales staff has application expertise and can review the merits of different hardware and software products for CT and IP based voice communication solutions. CYGCOM's technical services are trained in the complexities of CO, PBX, and IP voice integration support and offer various channel support packages including 5/9 and 24/7 programs. CYGCOM is an Affiliate Member with the Intel® Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers; for more information, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica. For more information, please visit www.cygcom.com.},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems and Datria Partner to Host Voice Applications for Field Service Management},
      :headline => %{Partnership Offers Faster Payback, Lower Risk for Field Service Management Applications},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, an industry leader in VoiceXML and SALT voice hosting and Datria, a leader in packaged voice self-service for mobile field operations, today announced a partnership in which Vail will host Datria’s field service applications. By complementing its customer-premises applications with a hosted solution, Datria expects to offer its customers lower start-up costs, faster payback, and reduced risk.

Datria's customers have traditionally bought licenses to the company's packaged Web-based applications and maintained the voice and data infrastructures within their own facilities. The partnership with Vail Systems provides another choice. Vail will host the voice and telephony infrastructure at its facilities while customers continue to control the application and client data at their own site.

"Many companies with field service organizations do not have extensive experience with voice applications," said James Greenwell, chairman and CEO of Datria. "By offering a hosting alternative, we can help our customers reduce project risks, deploy more quickly, and avoid large upfront expenses. We chose Vail because they have a track record of reliability and of incorporating new technologies with minimal disruption – which insulates our customers from technical uncertainty."

"There are two major growth trends in the voice industry today," said Jim Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "The first is packaged applications and the second is employee-facing applications that will take the industry beyond the call center. Partnering with Datria helps us capitalize on both these trends and positions us well for the future."

Datria's Ticket Management TM suite is immediately available as a hosted solution, priced as a per-minute service.

About Datria

Datria Systems, Inc., designs, sells, and services voice-enabled, packaged software applications focused on improving the productivity of mobile workforces while reducing the cost to support them. Datria's products enable customers to exchange real-time information between a central office and field representatives, using only human voices and a phone or two-way radio connection. Datria serves the broadband, utilities, telco, and health care industries. Founded in 1997 and a member of the VoiceXML Forum, Datria is based in Englewood, Colorado. For more information, visit www.datria.com.

Anthony Martini, Director of Marketing Communications, Datria, (303) 728-1310, Anthony.Martini@datria.com},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems Releases Microsoft Certified SIP VoIP Telephony Interface Manager for Microsoft Speech Server 2004},
      :headline => %{Certification of Vail SIP TIM expands network connectivity options and provides seamless support experience.},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leading provider of SIP-based IP telephony platform technology, speech application solutions and hosting services today announced Microsoft product certification of its Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM) for Microsoft Speech Server 2004. Meeting Microsoft's high standards for call quality, platform stability, and functional coverage, the Vail SIP TIM combines reliable service with greater ease of installation and management.
      
"Vail's Microsoft certified SIP based Telephony Interface Manager, offers customers the opportunity to seamlessly integrate with their existing Voice Over IP infrastructure," said James Mastan, director of marketing for Microsoft's speech server product group. "Plus having a free 2-port SIP TIM download from Vail, will definitely kick-start developers that need to build an end to end system for integration without having to spend any upfront money".

The Vail SIP TIM enables enterprises to connect Microsoft Speech Server 2004 speech application platform to industry standard SIP-based VoIP telephony networks and to legacy PBX and PSTN networks by using equipment including AudioCodes VoIP SIP Gateway cards and systems. Advanced features include:

1.  ACD-like Call Queuing: Incoming calls that exceed the number of SALT interpreter channels available are queued until a resource becomes free.
2.  Software-based Port Utilization: Calls requiring an outbound transfer do not consume a second licensed telephony port. Scalability is limited only by host CPU capacity, allowing for highly flexible and cost-effective deployment options.
3.  IP Carrier and CTI Integration: Paired with a certified session border controller, the SIP TIM enables enterprises to connect Microsoft Speech Server directly to IP Carrier voice services without the capital or operational expense of VoIP/PSTN gateways.
4.  Integrated Windows Management: TIM settings such as inbound and outbound port allocations, network security, and proxy registrations are easily configured using Windows WMI, MMC snap-ins and XML.

"This certification underscores Vail Systems and Microsoft's commitment to provide highly scalable next generation VoIP telephony solutions to Microsoft Speech Server customers," said James Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "With this release of the Vail SIP TIM, we are building on Microsoft's momentum and further driving speech application development into new and exciting areas that VoIP makes possible".},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems Provides Portal For Second Annual SpeechTEK and OPUS Research Speech Solutions Challenge},
      :headline => %{Dual-Site, Fully Featured VoiceXML and SALT Speech Application Hosting Platform Provides Connectivity Via Both PSTN and VoIP.},
      :body => %{Today, Vail Systems, an industry leader in voice hosting as well as speech application development, announced that the company will host the SpeechTEK and OPUS Research Speech Solutions Challenge Portal on its SIP-based VoiceXML and SALT hosting platform. Vail Systems also designed and architected the portal application, which directs callers to one of the nine participating teams in the Speech Solutions Challenge by name.

We appreciate Vail Systems' support of the Speech Solutions CHALLENGE II," said Dan Miller, senior analyst at OPUS Research. "Vail's willingness to host the CHALLENGE II Portal has made it possible for us to put together a very sophisticated, innovative and successful demonstration of the power of speech technology."

Vail will provide connectivity to the Challenge via the traditional PSTN and also through pure VoIP using Level(3) Communications' (LVLT) softswitch network, which obviates the need for traditional telephony hardware and enables Vail to provide carrier-grade hosting service at drastically reduced cost. Interested parties can reach the SpeechTEK Speech Solutions Challenge Portal at (866) 203-0527 (PSTN) or (866) 216-9851 through Level(3)'s VoIP network.

"The Speech Solutions Challenge has quickly become one of the bellwether events of our industry and we are proud to be the voice of the competition," said Jim Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "You'll the hear the work of some of the industry's top enterprise speech developers in this contest and we think our platform, with its distributed VoIP infrastructure, its carrier softswitch connectivity and support for standards-based applications, is an ideal place for such applications to reside."

This dual-site platform, located at Vail's headquarters in Deerfield, IL and co-located with Level(3)'s facility in downtown Chicago, utilizes a building-block approach, delivering N+N redundancy and rapid scalability to accommodate spikes in application traffic, as demonstrated in Vail's outbound notification and entirely-software-based conferencing applications. The platform also provides PSTN and IP connectivity for standards-based applications written in SALT and VoiceXML, as well as packaged applications for Microsoft Speech Server.},
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      :name => %{Vail Systems Announces Availability of Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager for Microsoft Speech Server 2004},
      :headline => %{Software Adds Open Standards VoIP Support for Windows Server System Platform},
      :body => %{Vail Systems, a leading provider of enhanced telephony and voice hosting solutions, announced today the availability of the Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM). Designed to Microsoft specifications, the Vail SIP TIM connects Microsoft Speech Server 2004 to SIP-based IP telephony networks. With this release, companies can now combine the business value of open standards speech and the flexibility and cost savings of next generation VoIP technology in a highly integrated Windows Server System platform.

A total software solution, the Vail SIP TIM does not require any additional specialized telephony hardware, thus greatly simplifying server installation and management. All telephony configuration is managed through built-in management interfaces in Windows Server 2003 like the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Moreover, SALT speech applications written for Microsoft Speech Server can easily migrate between Vail SIP TIM and other TIM deployments.

"We are excited that Vail is enabling the connection of Microsoft Speech Server to SIP-based IP telephony networks with its technology," said James Mastan, Director of Marketing in the Speech Server product group at Microsoft Corp. "The Vail SIP TIM will provide a new level of choice and flexibility for enterprise customers deploying speech-enabled applications on Microsoft Speech Server."

Based on Vail's proven, carrier-grade SIP telephony platform technology, the Vail SIP TIM includes advanced media and call control and CTI support. Features such as highly scalable audio conferencing and call queuing and call transfer without port restrictions further extend the flexibility and scalability of Microsoft Speech Server.

"As a Microsoft partner, Vail is pleased to offer a VoIP alternative to Microsoft Speech Server customers," said James Whiteley, President and CEO of Vail Systems. "The Vail SIP TIM underscores our shared commitment to industry standards and to extending the economies of the web to speech."

Pricing and Availability

The Vail SIP TIM is available in two configurations - a 2-port Developer Edition and a 24-port Standard Edition. A 96-port version designed for Microsoft Speech Server 2004 Enterprise Edition is planned for roll-out in the fourth quarter 2004.},
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